# dawa
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili dawa (“medicine”).

### Noun

dawa (plural dawas)
* (East Africa) A medicine, particularly a native one or one used by witch doctors.
* (Kenya) A cocktail made with vodka, honey, and lime juice.

### Anagrams

* Awad, WADA, Wada, adaw

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdawaʔ/ [ˈd̪a.waʔ]
* Hyphenation: da‧wa

### Conjunction

dawà (Basahan spelling ᜇᜏ)
* even if; even so; even though; although
    Synonym: maski

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: da‧wa
* IPA: /ˈdawa/ [ˈd̪a.wɐ]

### Noun

dáwa (Badlit spelling ᜇᜏ)
* millet
    Synonym: kabog

## Hausa
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dáː.wàː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [dáː.wàː]

#### Noun

dāwā̀ f (plural dāwōyī, possessed form dāwàr̃)
* sorghum

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dá.wà/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [də́.wə̀]

#### Noun

dawà m (possessed form dawàn)
* the bush, the forest

##### Derived terms

* mugun dawa

## Iraqw
### Noun

dawa m (plural dabee f)
* hand, arm
* instrument, custom, measures

### References

* Mous, Maarten, Qorro, Martha, Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 19

## Javanese
### Romanization

dawa
* Romanization of ꦢꦮ

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdawa]

### Verb

dawa
* third-person singular present of dawaś

## Puyuma
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *zawa. Compare Hiligaynon dawa, Cebuano dawa, Tagalog dawa, Waray-Waray dawa, and Tausug dawa.

### Noun

dawa
* foxtail millet grain

## Sakizaya
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /da.ˈwa/, [da.ˈwa]

### Noun

dawa
* cloth

## Sundanese
### Noun

dawa
* lawsuit; a dispute carried before a court or authority.

### References

* “Dawa” in Jonathan Rigg, A Dictionary of the Sunda language (1862), page 103.

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Arabic دَوَاء (dawāʔ).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

dawa class IX (plural dawa class X or madawa class VI)
* medicine

#### Usage notes

In its strictest sense, this word means "medicine", but is used generally for anything that improves or protects the condition of another thing; for example dawa ya viatu (“dawa of the shoes”) means "shoe polish".

#### Derived terms

* dawa ya mapenzi (“love potion”)
* dawa ya meno (“toothpaste”)
* dawa ya mswaki (“toothpaste”)
* dawa ya viatu (“shoe polish”)
* dawa ya wadudu (“insecticide”)

### References

* ↑ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 109 Nr. 969

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* daua — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *zawa. Compare Hiligaynon dawa, Cebuano dawa, Puyuma dawa, Waray-Waray dawa, and Tausug dawa. Theorized also to be from Sanskrit यव (yava, “barley; grain; cereal”). See also Diyawa.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈdawaʔ/ [ˈd̪aː.wɐʔ]
*** Rhymes: -awaʔ
** IPA: /ˈdawa/ [ˈd̪aː.wɐ] (obsolete)
* Syllabification: da‧wa

#### Noun

dawà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜏ)
* millet (Panicum miliaceum)

##### Derived terms

* dawa-dawa
* dawahan
* karawahan

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /daˈwaʔ/ [d̪ɐˈwaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: da‧wa

#### Noun

dawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜏ) (obsolete)
* taking something out of a cave

##### Derived terms

* dumawa

### Further reading

* “dawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* adwa

## Tarifit
### Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic داوى (dāwa).

### Pronunciation

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### Verb

dawa (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴰⵡⴰ)
* (transitive) to heal

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* ddwa (“medicine”)
* amdawi (“healer”)

## Tausug
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *zawa.

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /dawa/ [d̪aˈwɑ]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: da‧wa

### Noun

dawa (Sulat Sūg spelling دَوَ)
* millet

## Welsh
### Verb

dawa
* Soft mutation of tawa.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Western Apache
### Pronoun

dawa
* everything

## Yoruba
### Etymology

From Hausa dāwā̀.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dá.wà/

### Noun

dáwà
* sorghum
    Synonyms: jéró, ọkà bàbà